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Isis uses companies in Wales to finance terrorist attacks against the West

Dipesh Gadher

August 20 2017, 12:01am, The Sunday Times

Sujan operated out of an office on the Alexandra Gate business park in Tremorfa. He joined Isis in Syria three years ago

Isis used a network of companies operating out of an office in Cardiff to ship military-grade equipment to Spain and to finance terror plots against the West, FBI documents seen by The Sunday Times disclose.

The surveillance technology dispatched to Spain — where 14 people were killed last week in the latest Isis-inspired atrocities — is understood to be linked to the development by the terrorist group of weaponised drones. The FBI says it was capable of identifying “target locations”.

An affiliated firm was used to transfer thousands of pounds in cash to an American extremist in Maryland who later told how he dreamt of carrying out a gun massacre in a church.

Other purchases said to be routed through Cardiff include orders for “bug…

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